Annihilationism dethrones Christ’s sufficiency to satisfy God’s wrath at the same time that it questions the integrity and goodness of God’s law. If, as annihilationists will eventually have to say, God’s wrath is harsh and unmerciful, then no one needs the blood of Christ to satisfy it. Annihilationists pose man as more merciful than God.  ... Continue Reading

Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all (Prov 22:2). Nowhere does the moral demand of justice require economic equality. The very sense of justice that all humans have results from being created in God’s image. His nature is the source of all true understanding of justice. Yet,... Continue Reading

Being gracious does not mean backing down and shutting up when something needs to be said. At the very least, you’d think God might have considered it wise to have taken down many of the verses in the canon which might cause offence to the delicate ears of future generations? God, it seems, doubles down... Continue Reading

In good times, give thanks, but put your confidence in the God behind the blessing, not the blessing itself. In tough times, stay strong, because even if you can’t see it, God is always helping, always working, and always keeping his promises. From Abraham to Elijah to Paul to you, the thread of his faithfulness... Continue Reading

Christians must never underestimate the power and importance of the one body of Messianic signs. Why so? Because, as we learn from reading the Acts and the Epistles, the Spirit of God is pleased to use these Christ-centered signs—which display the evidential unity of the Bible—to draw God’s people to himself. They stand as a... Continue Reading